"The 1998 release "Yabby You meets Tommy McCook In Dub - Sounds of the 70's" (Peacemaker) came off the original Studio One master tapes. It was warmly received and many fans recognized the phat high fidelity relative to some of the other Yabby You vintage re-releases that were transferred via the less satisfactory vinyl to digi process.

Unfortunately this Yabby/Tommy release is out of print ... but Ernie B has a line on a small stash of the first run (CD) & a gentle reminder to him would likely bear fruits.

re: further Yabby You releases ... a little birdie is chirpin that we should keep our radar tuned to the Shanachie label who are presently working on the definitive Yabby You Story double CD longbox ... soon comewith many rare and unreleased gems ... & including that artwork & extensive booklet insert Shanachie is known for.====<><><><>====inna di good cheer yahAlex Peacemaker

Not being one to cast aspertions willie nillie, i haven't mentioned this until now but...as someone who has a fair bit of second hand experience of remastering (to make noisy tunes sound better) i can without question say that Pressure Sounds has ruined almost everything it has released in the last few years with what i can only think must be some horrible shareware noise reduction software and an engineer who went deaf years ago??? I could literally do a much better job myself (MUCH better) with software that didn't cost a fortune...i cannot see why pressure sounds would be so careless with music that needs so much care and restoration, The upsetter dubplate comp was truly horrific..but at least they were unreleased dubplate recordings! I bought one or two of their perry vinyl reissues (among many other horrible 7's from them) and they sound exacty the same - mastered from a scratchy record and then "remastered" cheaply any nastily with loads of digital noise and artefacts (unwanted digital noises - this ruins any old music once and for all). If you tried to play ANY of their recent offerings on a sound system you would get laughed out the dance...sounds like you're runnning mp3's....joke label.

i really must praise the label for the great work it has done (and is currently doing) for people who, like me, discovered jamaican music only recently, hence missed Blood & Fire (or Heartbeat) when still active.i own several records released by PS, and find it does a great work, especially when it comes to anthologies of labels, artists or producers: the sound is fine (at least to my ears), as usually also are the liner notes and the graphic design.maybe, though, they could go the extra mile in order to make their releases PERFECT.i've come across a few PS singles badly pressed and completely unplayable (Shaka the Great, for instance), the sound in Tommy McCook's album isn't good at all and, finally, sometimes the liner notes in the albums have several typos.

all that said and as far as i'm concerned, i wish a long life to PS, and, needless to say, will keep on buying its releases.

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i also think (from memory, not actually heard it) that the "Phil Pratt Thing" is not really good sounding.I passed by some of their releases (e.g. the dj kentaro set and "Reggae in Jazz") but i surely will digthe forthcoming "Roaring Lion" set.

when blood&fire released too much bunny lee stuff the same applies to ps with lee perry stuff.nonetheless the new perry compilation looks too interesting to ignore ...

i hope after this they will put their focus on another producer .....

btw: i am really curious about the mentioned new yabby you set.anything not released on "Jesus Dread" or the (a little disappointing) PS release ?

If shanahie puts out a box like the fantastic "Mystic world of augustus pablo" i surely will buy it ....

I have had the Reggae In Jazz lp on a cd-r for some years now and it too has the same distortion on those tracks. I much prefer having the new version. Even with the imperfections, it's not as flat or thin as a cd-r that's mp3 sourced.

Looking forward to the shanachie box set, thanks for the heads up Alex. I emailed Ernie B about your labels CD that is unavailable elsewhere a few days ago but haven't received s response. I'm assuming that he's probably not got any left, still would have appreciated the courtesy of a response.